Partners

Argo Inc.

Argo Inc. is a global operations improvement firm. Our mission is to help clients achieve significant, tangible and lasting improvements in their performance.  Our job is to deliver results – not reports.  Through fast but comprehensive Analysis and rapid Implementation we achieve significant improvements in your business, with minimal risk. Our projects typically deliver implemented results with ROI of between 5:1 and 25:1 against our fees. 

www.argoconsulting.com

Oracle Crystal Ball

Crystal Ball software is a leading spreadsheet-based software suite for predictive modeling, forecasting, Monte Carlo simulation and optimization. With over 4,000 customers worldwide, including 85% of the Fortune 500, Crystal Ball is used by customers from a broad range of industries, such as aerospace, financial services, manufacturing, oil and gas, pharmaceutical and utilities. Crystal Ball is used in over 800 universities and schools worldwide for teaching risk analysis concepts.

The diverse applications for Crystal Ball include financial risk analysis, valuation, engineering, Six Sigma, portfolio allocation, cost estimation, and project management. With Oracle Crystal Ball Enterprise Performance Management, you can apply the power of Crystal Ball to your Oracle Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) and Business Intelligence (BI) applications to improve the strategic decision-making process.

www.oracle.com/crystalbal

Instantis

Instantis is a leading provider of on-demand project portfolio management software used by business process and IT leaders to improve strategy execution and financial performance. We do this by providing an end-to-end solution to manage, track and report on enterprise Strategies, Processes, Projects, Programs, Portfolios, Resources, Costs and Benefits.

Leading global corporations like Abbott, Credit Suisse, DuPont, France Telecom, Lilly, Lenovo and Xerox rely on a single system called EnterpriseTrack to fulfill the distinctive requirements of their strategic project portfolios such as Lean Six Sigma, IT/PMO and new product development

www.instantis.com

Minitab

Minitab is the leading provider of quality improvement software.

Minitab® Statistical Software – our flagship product – has been used to implement virtually every major Six Sigma initiative around the world.

Quality Companion by Minitab® supports and guides Lean and Six Sigma teams through projects from start to finish, enhancing quality analysis and reporting.

Quality Trainer by Minitab™ provides convenient, subscription-based e-learning for using Minitab to apply quality improvement statistics.

Distinguished companies that rely on Minitab software, training and services to help them achieve world-class quality include Toshiba, DuPont, Boeing, Royal Bank of Scotland, Nestlé and the leading Six Sigma Consultants.

www.minitab.com

PowerSteering

PowerSteering is the industry leading program management software used to manage Lean Six Sigma, New Product Development, IT, PMOs, Merger Integration and other enterprise initiatives. Our easy-to-use software provides executive visibility, strategy alignment, and black belt productivity to over 140 global organizations including AT&T, Merck, Ingersoll Rand, United Health and across the Department of Defense in all branches of the military. Practitioners depend on PowerSteering to run their Six Sigma deployments more strategically, more efficiently and more analytically - an approach we refer to as "Applying Six Sigma to Six Sigma." For additional information, please visit www.powersteeringsoftware.com or call 1-866-390-9088.

SSA & Company

SSA & Company helps leading companies around the globe increase margins, grow revenues and improve working capital through improved business processes.  Founded in 1994 by the progenitors of the Six Sigma methodology, the firm has taught companies like GE, AlliedSignal, DuPont and AXA how to achieve higher levels of quality with substantially lower costs.  Today, the company continues to improve upon and evolve beyond its Lean Six Sigma legacy through its Strategic Process Management (SPM) framework – an approach that aligns process improvement with business strategy, achieves results in 60-90 days and typically delivers a 10x or more return on investment.

www.sssandco.com

The Quality Group

Thought Leaders in LSS/CPI Blended Learning

The Quality Group has been providing best-of-class e-Learning solutions mfor leading global corporations, respected academic institutions, and revered subject matter experts since 1992.

TQG’s LSS/CPI solution sets are unrivaled at helping customers attain maximum savings:

• Our engaging online content motivates a workforce
• Our flexible learning process easily adapts to changing needs
• Our OpusWorks® e-Learning development and strategic deployment system empowers leadership and instructional teams to drive the LSS/CPI process deep and wide throughout their organizations.

Discover how TQG can help increase training ROI for your organization.

www.thequalitygroup.net

XONITEK Corporation

XONITEK Corporation is a global Lean Six-Sigma consultancy firm with a reputation for success in the realization of Operational Excellence.

Our experienced professionals possess a depth and breadth of technical, functional and industrial skills. With a focus on results, we assess how the company and its strategies fit within the company itself – its value-chain, technologies and processes.

We consider the entire reality of the organization in developing solutions that drive stakeholder value and are committed to turning strategic insight into tactical action. In doing so, we provide them with high-quality, leading-edge, industry-focused, services and solutions – wherever they do business.

www.xonitek.com

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